Hawaii earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jun 30, 1972, 7:00 AM HST (17:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-06-30 17:00:32 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.311° N, 155.257° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19797 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 3.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 4.325 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.726 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.415 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 3.2Hawaii region, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 1.910 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  35. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.116 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.934 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.539 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.735 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 3.236 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.538 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 3.036 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 2.833 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 3.133 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.832 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.836 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 2.835 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.836 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 3.132 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 3.144 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19789 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.114 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.426 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19788 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721876. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.